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CE 236 - Midterm Report
CE 236 - Midterm Report
Mohammad Mtairi
Suyesh Shrestha
Jared Thompson
Jun Zhao
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Introduction
Westmax Construction Limited is a new civil engineering construction company formed by
recent San Jose State University Civil Engineering graduates, based in San Jose, California. It
was formed by the collaboration of its founders Robin Eliya, Mohammad Mtairi, Suyesh
Shrestha, Jared Thompson, and Jun Zhao. The unique blend of education, experience, and skills
of each members spans various fields that are fundamental to the industry,
The company intends to be the leading provider of customized prefabricated precast concrete
panels in the country. This implies that it will always strive provide the best quality of
accomplish this, Westmax Construction Limited is investing a lot in seeing that its clients and
customers get the very best of precast concrete panels. The company has successfully obtained
clients throughout the California, and with extensive growth in the new construction throughout
the county, WestMax Construction has the potential for rapid expansion and large profit margins.
The company’s overall strategy is to work with all the shareholders in the constructions industry
to continually improve the quality of the panels, based on the shareholders feedback. The
company also endeavors to nature young talents and skill within the industry to promote
innovation.
Mission
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The mission for the company is: To provide a cheaper and environmental friendly method of
construction using prefabricated precast concrete panels. We also intend to provide international
community.
Products/Services
Westmax Construction Limited provides clients commercial and industrial building design and
construction services. We also offer solution to the construction industry for all projects that use
prefabricated precast concrete panels. The company will provide all types of precast panels
ranging from simple rectangular and square panels to highly complex and customized panels
depending on the architectural designs and configurations. The company standards are intended
to be versatile and flexible depending on the clients’ requirements, but without compromise on
the quality.
The company will prepare the precast concrete panels at the company’s workshop, and supply
the finished panels to the sites. Westmax Construction Limited will also carries out the assembly
of the panels to come up with the desired structures. Other services shall include disassembling
of structures build for demolition, as well as design and build contracts. However, the main
product of the company shall be the prefabricated precast concrete panels. We utilize the newest
and most effective technology and programs to provide clients with a cost and time efficient
project.
Financial Considerations
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Westmax Construction Limited expects to be a profitable beginning from its first year of
operation regardless of initial large expenses in promoting the company services and product.
The intends to maintain a healthy cash account with an anticipated revenue of 2 million dollars
The Market
The company targets to build an alliance with leaders in constructions industry to enable sales of
its services and products to developers of residential and commercial buildings. The company
intends to build market within commercial and residential building development sector
consideration of the company’s current financial position and forecasting on the financial
prospect of the company in three years’ time. The marketing strategy will be to capitalize on
assembling of precast concrete panels by securing constructions contracts from within and
outside the city private and government projects. The company expects to appeal to the market
with its unique and customized prefabricated precast concrete panels in building. The process of
preparation will employ the use of 3D printing technology which will be faster and reliable,
The company will also target people with low income as the prefabricated concrete panels will
reduce the cost of construction by reducing site wastage. It is a faster method in construction and
also forms part of green technology criteria in construction through reduction of site waste. The
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Market Analysis
Concrete works industry statistic
a. Special trade contractor that primarily engage in concrete works
Market Segmentation
The construction industry market is segmented into three parts namely: single family housing
potential of the three targeted segments in the next five years is as follows is as shown in the
Targeted market segment Growth (%) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
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Single family housing construction 8 125000 135000 145800 157464 170061
operations in a manner that guarantees safety and good health to all its employees, clients, and
anybody within the proximity of their projects. The company will endeavor to comply with the
Occupational health and Safety laws. Each employee of the company shall be under the
obligation to fully comply with the set safety regulations of the company. Job-site safety is at the
Preconstruction Services
Westmax Construction Limited, besides selling prefabricated precast concrete panels, shall also
carry out design works for client as well as helping clients in reviewing their designs and advice
appropriately. Additionally, the company shall also provide accurate budget estimates and time
scheduling services for the projects for which they are contracted. The company team of experts
shall help to guide and advice their clients in decision making concerning the design and the best
customized concrete panels that will meet both structural requirements and aesthetic demands of
the clients.
Project Management
Westmax Construction Limited will also be in charge of managing the projects on behalf of their
clients from their commencement till completion. The company shall manage all the construction
resources, human resources and material resources, during the project process to ensure success
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and quality delivery of assembly services. It will be in charge of allocating tasks to its workers to
Project Engineering
The team of engineering from the company shall take charge on matters concerning engineering
and ensure all the engineering construction principles and standards are adhered to in delivery of
services by the company. A competent team of materials engineer shall ensure that all the
materials used in the preparation of the prefabricated precast concrete panels pass the quality
assurance test. Besides, they will also subject samples of the made concretes to ensure there is
compliance with concrete classes as specified by structural engineers during the preconstruction
phase. At the site, there will also be team of engineers to guide and inspect the assemble process
Project Superintendence
The company also has a team of competent project superintendents that supervise and monitor
the daily activities of project that the company is in charge of. This team ensures that all the
daily tasks are well done while keeping records of the daily activities and planning for
subsequent days based on daily activities. Their presence in the team of experts of the company
is the reason for quality work on site as well as timely completion of projects.
proceeding carried out by a hired competent accountant. The accountant shall carry out all the
LEED Certification
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To respond to any project, Westmax Construction Limited meets all the LEED criterias, in such;
Water efficiency-monitoring water usage indoor and outdoor
Materials resources- targets the reduction of materials being used and reusing waste
products
Credit of regional properties- encourage teams of projects to look out to the local
properties
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Protocol for Training
Each new entry level employee at Westmax Construction Limited is required to complete a set of
basic training prior to the start of employment.
The basic trainings will include but not limited to the following:
OSHA 10
Project Risk Management
Schedule and Resources Planning
Project Control and Closeout
These four essential trainings will ensure entry level employees to have a basic understanding of
the standards at Westmax Construction Limited and the construction business in general.
In addition, specific trainings will also be provided if certain individual is qualified and willing
to participate. For example,
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Documentation Process
One of the most important factor of building a successful project is its documentation process. At
Westmax Construction Limited, we are striking to build better projects each time. To do so,
having an efficient documentation process and clear project control strategy are the key. Below
is a breakdown of the documentation process, as well as project control software that are
currently being used at Westmax Construction Limited.
Within each project, we will be using these software to create logs for file recording purposes.
Each log will also be updated and checked prior to the weekly project meeting. Submittals,
RFI’s, ASI’s, CCD’s and etc. (if applicable) are being attached to drawings and specifications as
they enter our system.
Project Control
Similar to the documentation process, there will be project controlling software to assist the
project manager to have a better understanding on project progress. For cost control, Westmax
Construction Limited is aiming to conduct a cost review once a month via VU360 to see the
performance on project budget and comparison to the month prior.
As far as for scheduling control, our superintendents will create a two week look ahead schedule
to discuss on each weekly meeting as a projection on the project. In addition, a schedule of value
will also be generated to tie the project progress with budget.
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If a project needs extra assistance, we will rearrange our resources to control the project and
make sure it can still complete on time and within budget. On the other hand, if the project is
progressing smoothly, we then would consider transferring or substituting the resources to
balance with our other projects.
Project Turnover
At the end of each project, Westmax Construction Limited will be preparing the project turnover
for the owner. Our primary software of choice is Procore. With Procore, we can easily organize
all the necessary and related files, for instance, as built drawings, change orders, punch list
corrections, and etc.
Since most of project teams are or have already been using Procore as part of our project
management software. It is even more convenient when the project turnover process is near, due
to the fact that all essential personnel is or has been included within the software, sending out all
the related project turnover documents should be a fairly straight forward process, like sending
an RFI, except it may be larger in terms of size.
Other advantages of using Procore as the project turnover software is that it limits the use of
massive paper, which we adore very much at Westmax Construction Limited. It is safer, only
personnel with access can accept, view, and print these project turnover files. It lasts for longer
periods of time, once uploaded to Procore, we do not need to worry about when it will expire or
get lost since it is saved in the system.
Jobsite Logistics
Prior to beginning of each project, Westmax Construction Limited will dispatch the responsible
construction team to the jobsite for multiple visits. Reasons are to:
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In meeting with the owner, architect during preconstruction meetings, we will verify and record
details in our site plans to a high degree of accuracy.
In addition, as part of the preconstruction documentation process, we will also record the existing
conditions of the jobsite, so that we can make sure when the project is completed, the existing
conditions that are within the premise are not disturbed.
Last but not least, we will also create a list of contacts from all the parties that are involved in the
project as part of our jobsite logistic plan.
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Appendix
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Principal Organizational Chart
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Staff Organizational Chart
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